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    • N
      novurdim
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      So, nothing at Otakuthon?

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      • Rahul BalagganR
        Rahul Balaggan Staff
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        No new licenses at Otakuthon

        Sorry but J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing decision or acquisitions.
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        • Rahul BalagganR
          Rahul Balaggan Staff
          last edited by Rahul Balaggan

          If the new side topic goes on I will probably end up moving it to it's own specific post...

          Edit: it has been moved.

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          • Eternal WandererE
            Eternal Wanderer Premium Member
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            • chrolloC
              chrollo
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              Hasn't it been a bit too quiet around here lately? Nothing new? Any events to look forward to or something?

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              • TerabyteT
                Terabyte
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                Sam yesterday on Discord said he got a big new one. Nothing more than that though.

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                • LegitPancakeL
                  LegitPancake Premium Member
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                  He said he made offers on 7 new titles, one of which was rejected because Seven Seas has it. He met with 3 new publishers, which he thought were positive meetings. And like Terabyte said, he only has one confirmed license right now, but he said it is a "biggie."

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                  • Rahul BalagganR
                    Rahul Balaggan Staff
                    last edited by Rahul Balaggan

                    It has been a little over 2 months since Anime Expo licenses were announced, can't really say it has been "quiet" it takes time to go from not having a LN license to actually having it...

                    Sorry but J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing decision or acquisitions.
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                    • TerrenceT
                      Terrence Premium Member @LegitPancake
                      last edited by Terrence

                      @legitpancake said in Acquisitions Speculation - General [AnimeNYC Nov 15-17]:

                      he only has one confirmed license right now, but he said it is a "biggie."

                      O_O

                      Hype! (but I can wait for it; lots to catch up on).

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                      • yumenokageY
                        yumenokage Member
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                        Any guesses on what the "biggie" might be?

                        License Wishlist: Kino's Journey, Crest/Banner anthology, SukaMoka
                        Favorite JNC Series: Bookworm, Faraway Paladin, Dendro, Grimgar, Crest/Banner of the Stars, Tearmoon Empire, Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter, Apothecary Diaries, Otome Heroine's Fight

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                        • saffireS
                          saffire Premium Member
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                          Eh, there's any number of titles it could be just based on that.

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                          • YoshkenY
                            Yoshken Premium Member
                            last edited by

                            Teases are fun due to speculation but then a “Biggie” could mean almost anything

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                            • YoshkenY
                              Yoshken Premium Member @Yoshken
                              last edited by

                              @yoshken

                              My “Biggie” ‘s are both Bear x 4 and Shield Maiden

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                              • NosgorothN
                                Nosgoroth Premium Member @Terabyte
                                last edited by Nosgoroth

                                @terabyte A big one, eh?

                                big one

                                I'm intrigued. Hoping for bears.

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                                • RaitoiroR
                                  Raitoiro Premium Member
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                                  It's strange that JNC is announcing another title when some of the previously announced titles have yet to start.
                                  Not that it's a bad thing tho, I hope we got the Girl who ate a death god, but since it's a big one it's likely not it.

                                  Do you like death, war and misery ?
                                  Do you like badass op loli who let nobody got in their way ?
                                  Do you like vengeance story?
                                  If so then then vote for The girl who ate a death god

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                                  • Rahul BalagganR
                                    Rahul Balaggan Staff @Raitoiro
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                                    @raitoiro

                                    They aren’t announcing it soon or anything, just that they secured at the minimum 1 new license, they also still have bides out on other series and even for the 1 they have they still need to assign it to a translation team that will then need time to work on it.

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                                    • Eternal WandererE
                                      Eternal Wanderer Premium Member
                                      last edited by Eternal Wanderer

                                      If I had to guess what he meant by a biggie I think it could be one of four things

                                      1 A light novel series that recently had a popular anime

                                      2 A light novel series that has an upcoming anime that is expected to be popular

                                      3 An older series that was popular a while ago that still has a dedicated fan base.

                                      4 A series that already has a following due to an existing fan translation

                                      Looking at shows from this current season the only really viable option I see is Cop Craft, this is made even more likely since JNC has licensed two other series from the same author though I'll admit I have no idea how popular Cop Craft is so I don't know if it could be called a big one. The only other light novel series I see that isn't already licensed is Isekia Cheat Magician which doesn't seem to be that popular.

                                      For the upcoming anime I see at least 2 possibilities in the fall season. The first one is Assassin's Pride which seems to have a pretty decent premise and the second one is Ore wo Suki nano wa Omae dake ka yo which judging by what little I've read of the manga seems to have a lot of potential. I'm kinda hoping for the latter since I'd like more slice or life/romantic comedy series here.

                                      As for older series we can just look for a couple examples from this site. For example Chivalry of a Failed Knight is still pretty heavily demanded even though that series is a couple of years old at this point.

                                      As for series made popular through fan translation I really have no idea, I'm kinda out of the loop on that front.

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                                      • Jon MitchellJ
                                        Jon Mitchell Premium Member @Eternal Wanderer
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                                        @eternal-wanderer
                                        OrCould You Love a Pervert...
                                        AKA Hensuki

                                        If I recall correctly, it’s a current anime and relatively popular

                                        I read banned books

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                                        • TerrenceT
                                          Terrence Premium Member
                                          last edited by Terrence

                                          Next ones I really want that are known properties?

                                          Ideal Sponger Life

                                          Shield Heroine (I Hate Being in Pain, So I made a Full Defense Build)

                                          That Dark Fantasy Yuri one with the eyepatched girl, a title whose name escapes me, but there's a thread for it here.
                                          Edit: This one.
                                          "Omae Gotoki ga Maou ni Kateru to Omou na" (Do you think Someone like you can defeat the Demon Lord?) https://forums.j-novel.club/post/45768

                                          Cop Craft I'd also like. Alderamin, Bear, Bear, Bear and Chivalry I want for others (and I would try them too). I'd definitely try reading Hensuki too.

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                                          • BartzBBB
                                            BartzBB Premium Member
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                                            Honestly, I want JNC to get Mondaiji since it would then become possible to license Last Embryo and Million Crown which revolves on the same universe.

                                            Although Million Crown is a different parallel world.

                                            JNC LN Ranking:
                                            1st - Rokujouma
                                            2nd - Realist Hero
                                            3rd - Bookworm

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